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Course
DevelopmentAEEPE Design Team; Reviewers
Based on educational materials from:
• USFWS/NCTC onsite course
• NAAEE Guidelines for Preparation and
Professional Development of Environmental
Educators
• The University of Wisconsin-CooperativeExtension
Course piloted fall 2004
Offered 15 times since Fall 2004
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Students
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Who Are the
Students?350 Registrants from:
46 states
12 countries
5 continents
90% Female
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Content &
ObjectivesCourse SyllabusCourse SyllabusUNIT DATES
IntroductionWeek One
June 2 - June 8
Unit One: Evaluation Basics
1.1 Why evaluate?
1.2 Focusing your evaluation
1.3 Words to live by
Week Two
June 9 - June 15
Unit Two: Linking Program Development &
Evaluation
2.1 Program objectives
2.2 Logic model
2.3 Creating an evaluation plan
Week Three & Four
June 16 - June 29
Summer BreakWeek Five
June 29 - July 6
Unit Three: Observations
3.1 Observations
Week Six
July 7 - June 13
Unit Four: Interviews and Focus Groups
4.1 Interviews
4.2 Focus groups
Week Seven
July 14 - July 20
Unit Five: Questionnaires
5.1 Why use questionnaires?
5.2 Questionnaire design
5.3 The survey process
Week Eight
July 21 - July 27
Unit Six: Alternative Assessment
6.1 Alternative assessment approaches
6.2 Scoring tools
Week Nine
July 28 - August 3
Unit Seven: Data Analysis and Reporting
7.1 Qualitative data analysis
7.2 Quantitative data analysis
7.3 Reporting the results
Week Ten & Eleven
August 4 - August 17
Culminating AssignmentWeek Twelve
Due By Midnight August 22
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ContentCourse SyllabusCourse Syllabus
UNIT DATES
IntroductionWeek One
June 2 - June 8
Unit One: Evaluation Basics
1.1 Why evaluate?
1.2 Focusing your evaluation
1.3 Words to live by
Week Two
June 9 - June 15
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Species Protection
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Content
UNIT DATES
Unit Two: Linking Program
Development & Evaluation2.1 Program objectives
2.2 Logic model
2.3 Creating an evaluation plan
Weeks Three & Four
June 16 - June 29
Summer BreakWeek Five
June 29 - July 6
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Content
Unit Three: Observations
3.1 Observations
Week Six
July 7 - June 13
Unit Four: Interviews & Focus
Groups
4.1 Interviews
4.2 Focus groups
Week Seven
July 14 - July 20
Unit Five: Questionnaires5.1 Why use questionnaires?
5.2 Questionnaire design
5.3 The survey process
Week Eight
July 21 - July 27
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Content
Unit Six: Alternative Assessment
6.1 Alternative assessment
approaches
6.2 Scoring tools
Week Nine
July 28 - August 3
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Content
Unit Seven: Data Analysis &
Reporting7.1 Qualitative data analysis
7.2 Quantitative data analysis
7.3 Reporting the results
Week Ten & Eleven
August 4 - August 17
Culminating AssignmentWeek TwelveDue By Midnight
August 22
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Challenges -
AttritionRangeRange – 20-31%; 15 courses, 4 years
ReasonsReasons – family circumstances, illness, job
demands, course demands, time
management, discomfort with online format
Literature –Literature –• Up to 20% higher for online than face-face• Even higher for online adult learners
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Challenges – Basics
+ Attribution• No previous experience w/ evaluation
• Lack concept of evaluation as systematicprocess• Few programs have explicit measurable
objectives
• Program activities unrelated to desiredoutcomes• Long-term outcomes for short-duration
programs
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Challenges-
CommunityInstructor/student & student/student
Asynchronous …Time lag
Time commitment
Technology
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Solutions• Instructor-initiated emails before start• Scavenger hunt• Biography & profile• Discussion board points• Office hours; student phone calls• Engage program stakeholders• Cyber Café• Chat - synchronous group assignments
• Page or email• Start synchronous chat any time• Optional group work• Skype & real study groups
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Needs
Opportunities for more interactions•Online “social learning” forum•Advanced courses•Conference meetings
Demand, support, use from organizations
& professional associations